Market Fantasy

Dateca. 1940

Maker Mark Tobey American, born Centerville, Wisconsin, 1890; died Basel, Switzerland, 1976

Label TextGathered in small groups like islands in the constant stream of people are the men for whom the Market is more than a place of gathering, almost a home. They live in the furnished rooms and rundown hotels, some of them habitués of Skid Road at night and the Market in the day. -Mark Tobey, recalling the Pike Place Market, 1964

Object number83.165

Provenance[Foster/White Gallery]; [Otto Seligman Gallery]; William S. and Janice K. Street; by gift to the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1983

Photo CreditPhoto: Scott Leen

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, What It Meant to Be Modern: Seattle Art at Mid-Century, October 15, 1999 - January 23, 2000.

Credit LineGift of William S. and Janice K. Street in honor of the museum's 50th year

Dimensions22 x 16 in. (55.88 x 40.64 cm)

MediumTempera on paperboard